Mindy Gribble column: Quitting smoking is hard but not impossible

12:27 AM,
Nov. 11, 2012

Mindy Gribble

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Mindy Gribble
For the Daily Tribune

Question: I know I should quit smoking, but I just can't. Do you have any suggestions?

Answer: As Mark Twain once said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times."

Clearly, it's not easy at all. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a great time to consider new strategies for quitting smoking. A key point is that you want to quit. That puts you squarely within the 68.8 percent of current U.S. adult smokers who report that they want to quit completely, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...